Bruce Fields has been named the hitting coach for the Cleveland Indians.

Fields, a Lansing Everett High School graduate, was an outfielder for the Tigers in 1986 and later managed both the Single-A West Michigan Whitecaps and the Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens. He was the hitting coach for the Tigers from 2003 to 2005.

Fields was drafted by the Tigers in the seventh round of the 1978 draft. He hit .279 in 16 games for the Tigers during the 1986 season, his only season with Detroit. He also played 42 games in two seasons for the Mariners.

The Indians fired hitting coach Jon Nunnally and named Fields the hitting coach, the team announced today. Fields has been the team's minor league hitting coordinator since 2007.